Combination package

ABSTRACT

A package acts to connect a recessed end can with a carton like enclosure for containing a second product, usually for use with the content of the can. The carton is substantially equal in depth to the diameter of the can so that the combined package may be confined within a generally rectangular area.

United States Patent Hennessey Aug. 26, 1975 [54] COMBINATION PACKAGE3,080,049 3/1963 Amcsonm, 206/223 3,24l,738 3 1966 F 2 [75] Inventor:Russell J. Hennessey, St. Paul, Minn. neman 06/223 A H -W l C t' t. [73]sslgnee g dorf orpora S Primary ExaminerW1ll1am 1. Price AssistantExaminerDouglas B. Farrow [22] Filed: Sept. 10, 1973 Attorney, Agent, orFirm.lerry F. Best 21 Appl. No.: 395,991

[52] US. Cl. 206/434; 206/223; 206/427; [57] ABSTRACT 2 206/429; 229/29C; 426/1206 A package acts to connect a recessed end can with a [51]Int. Cl. B65D 65/00; B65D 5/48 carton like enclosure for containing aSecond product, [58] new of Search 206/223 429; usually for use with thecontent of the can. The carton 426/120 229/29 C is substantially equalin depth to the diameter of the -.'-v"--]L""' can so that the combinedpackage may be confined [56] R ferences C'ted within a generallyrectangular area.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,650,702 9/1953 Shanahan 206/223 6 Claims, 7Drawing Figures PATENTED AUG 2 6 I975 sum 1 of 2 COMBINATION PACKAGEThis invention relates to an improvement in combination package anddeals-particularly 'with a package designed to hold-a can of product'and' an additional package of products such-as one which may becontained in a bag or folder.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION In my previous patent issued May 22, "1951as US. Pat. No. 2,544,190 for Display Carton, I described a can carrierfor' chimed cans in which the cans were held in place by foldable flapswhich extended into the recessed ends of the can .10 hold the canfromaccidental disengagement. It has now been found that in someinstances, combination packages are desirable which are capable ofholding a recessed end can and also containing an additional productwhich may be contained in a carton like enclosure. The present inventionis designed to accomplish this result.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In the present-construction, a combinationcarton is provided by means of -a rectangular sleeve forming the top,bottom, and sides of thesleeve. A'partition panel is hingedly connectedto one end of the blank forming the sleeve, and is adhered to, the wallof the sleeve opposite that to which the partition is hingedlyconnected, the partition connecting the top and bottom walls of thesleeves at a point intermediate the side walls. Means are provided forretaining the cans in one compartment which is thus formed, and closureflaps are foldably connected to a side wall which form a closure for theforward end of the other of said compartments.

The rear of the combination package closed by a closure panel and tuckflap which encloses the entire rear portion of the package.

It will be understood that in the use of the term top, bottom, sidewalls and front and rearclosures, these are merely relative terms usedfor the purpose of identification. In other words, the rear wall whichwill be described could comprise the bottom wall of the completedpackage if the can were to be displayed from the top of the packagerather than from a side thereof.

These and other objects and novel features of the present invention willbe more clearly and fully set forth in the following specification andclaims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of thecombination package, in its completed form.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view through the structure, the position of thesection being indicated by the line 22 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view through the package, the position of thesection being indicated by the line 33 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the combination package before it isfilled.

FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic blank from which the carton is formed.

FIG. 6 is a plan view of the blank in partially folded form.

FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic view of the blank in completely folded form.

DE'scRiRnoN oE THE PREFERRED FORM, i

As illustrated in FIG. 5 of the drawings, the combination cartonincludes a bottom panel 10 connected along a fold line 11 to-a partitionpanel 12. The parti- 20 is connected along the fold line 21 to a'bottompanel 22 which is designed to overlap the bottom panel 10 and to besecured thereto. The fold lines which have been described are inparallel relation.

The rear edge of the bottom wall 10 is foldably connected along a foldline 23 to a rear closure flap 24. The top panel 17 is connected alongan extention of the fold line 23 to a rear closure flap 25. An outsiderear panel 26 is connected along the fold line 23 to the side wall 15. Atuck flap 27 is foldably connected to the rear wall panel 26 along thefold line 29 'The fold lines 23 and 29 are in parallel relation and areat right angles to the fold lines previously described. i

The side wall 20 is foldably connected along the fold line 30 to a frontwall panel 31 which in turn is connected along the fold line 32 to atuck flap 33. Inner front closure flaps 34 and 35 are connected to thebottom wall panel 22 along extentions of the fold line 23 and 30respectively. A similar inner closure flap 38 is hinged to the forwardend or a portion 'of the top panel In the folding operation, thepartition wall 12 and glue 'flap' 13 are folded along the'fold line 11to overlie the bottom panel 10 and th'e portion of the side wall panel15 The folded structure is then folded along'the fold line 16 so as tooverlie the top wall 17 and the portion of the side wall 20. When foldedin this manner, the blank appears as in FIG. 6 of the drawings. Duringthis operation, the glue flap 13 is adhesively secured to the top panelalong the area defined by the broken lines 36. From the positionillustrated in FlG 1, the bottom panel 22 is folded along the fold line21, and the end area of the blank which is defined by the broken line 37is adhered to the undersurface of the bottom panel 10 to complete thebottom of the carton.

A can retaining flap 39 is hingedly connected to the bottom panel 10along a fold line 40 and has an arcuate edge 41 which engages into thebottom recessed end of a can B, the combination package being indicatedgenerally by the letter A. In a similar manner, a can retaining flap 42is hingedly connected to the top panel 17 along a fold line 43. The flap42 includes an arcuate end 44 which engages into the recessed end of thecan B to hold the top end of the can engaged.

FIG. 4 of the drawings shows the combination carton in partially set upform. In this figure the side walls 15 and 20 are shown in right angularrelation to the bottom walls 10 and 22 and the top wall 17. Thepartition walls 12 extends vertically parallel to the side walls 15 and20.

In order to engage the can B in place, the flaps 40 and 42 are foldedinwardly through approximately degrees until they rest in face contactwith the bottom panel 10 and the top panel 17. The can is insertedbetween these can retaining flaps until a chime of the can passes thearcuate ends 41 and 42 of the flaps 39 and 42. The flaps 39 and 42 thenspring into the recessed ends of the can B due to the natural tendencyfor these flaps to unfold and return to their original position.

The rectangular back panel 26 is folded outwardly of the in turned flaps25 and 34, the locking tongue 27 being inserted between the upper endsof these inner closure flaps 24 and 25, the tuck flap 27 lying inwardlyof the side wall 20. This closes the rear of the combination package andholds the package in rectangular form.

The compartment between the top wall 17 and bottom wall portion 22, andbetween the partition 12 and the side wall 20 is then filled. Thecompartment is closed by first folding the flaps 35 and 38 into a commonplane, folding the front panel 31 to lie outwardly of these flaps 35 and36. The locking tongue 33 is then inserted between the edges of theclosure flaps 35 and 36 and the partition wall 12 to form a closedcompartment.

It will be noted that the fold lines 40 and 43 which hingedly connectthe flaps 39 and 42 to the bottom and top walls respectively are spacedfrom the rear of the top panel a distance which is about half the widthof the remainder of the bottom and top panels and 17. Thus theseportions of the bottom and top walls are only about one half the widthof the side wall and partition wall 12. As a result, as is evident fromFIG. 3 of the drawings, the combination package is generallyrectangular, permitting the packages A to be packed by side relation orin superimposed relation. Thus the problem of packaging a plurality ofpackages in an outer container are simplified.

In accordance with the Patent Statutes, l have described the principlesof construction and operation of my improvement in Combination Package;and while I have endeavored to set forth the best embodiment thereof, Idesire to have it understood that obvious changes may be made within thescope of the following claims without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

I claim:

1. A combination package for a chimed end can and another productincluding:

a sleeve of generally rectangular section including top, bottom and sidewalls connected in tubular relation,

a partition secured between said top and bottom walls parallel to saidside walls, said partition dividing said sleeve into two rectangularcompartments,

rear closure flaps secured to the rear edges of said top and bottomwalls and folded into a common plane,

a rear wall connected to the rear edge of one of said side walls andfolded outwardly of said rear closure flaps, and having a tuck flapadapted to extend inwardly of the other of said side walls,

can retaining flaps hinged to the forward edges of said top and bottomwalls forwardly of one of said compartments and adapted to engage intothe chimed ends of the can to hold the can against said rear closureflaps, and

a front closure for the other of said compartments.

2. The structure of claim 1 and in which said other compartment isformed by a portion of said top and bottom walls, one of said side wallsand said partition.

3. The structure of claim 1 and in which said front closure includes afront closure panel secured to the front edge of said one of said sidewalls.

4. The structure of claim 3 and in which said front closure panelincludes a tuck flap engaging against said partition panel.

5. The structure of claim 1 and in which said front closure includesinner closure flaps hinged to the forward end of said top and bottomwalls and folded into coplanar relation, a front closure panel hingedlyconnected to one of said side walls, and a tuck flap hingedly connectedto said front closure panel and folded between the edges of said innerclosure flaps and said partition panel.

6. The structure of claim 1 and in which the bottom of said onecompartment connects one side wall to said partition, and the bottom ofsaid other compartment is hingedly connected to the other of said sidewalls and overlaps and is secured to the bottom of said one compartment.

1. A combination package for a chimed end can and another productincluding: a sleeve of generally rectangular section including top,bottom and side walls connected in tubular relation, a partition securedbetween said top and bottom walls parallel to said side walls, saidpartition dividing said sleeve into two rectangular compartments, rearclosure flaps secured to the rear edges of said top and bottom walls andfolded into a common plane, a rear wall connected to the rear edge ofone of said side walls and folded outwardly of said rear closure flaps,and having a tuck flap adapted to extend inwardly of the other of saidside walls, can retaining flaps hinged to the forward edges of said topand bottom walls forwardly of one of said compartments and adapted toengage into the chimed ends of the can to hold the can against said rearclosure flaps, and a front closure for the other of said compartments.2. The structure of claim 1 and in which said other compartment isformed by a portion of said top and bottom walls, one of said side wallsand said partition.
 3. The structure of claim 1 and in which said frontclosure includes a front closure panel secured to the front edge of saidone of said side walls.
 4. The structure of claim 3 and in which saidfront closure panel includes a tuck flap engaging against said partitionpanel.
 5. The structure of claim 1 and in which said front closureincludes inner closure flaps hinged to the forward end of said top andbottom walls and folded into coplanar relation, a front closure panelhingedly connected to one of said side walls, and a tuck flap hingedlyconnected to said front closure panel and folded between the edges ofsaid inner closure flaps and said partition panel.
 6. The structure ofclaim 1 and in which the bottom of said one compartment connects oneside wall to said partition, and the bottom of said other compartment ishingedly connected to the other of said side walls and overlaps and issecured to the bottom of said one compartment.